tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2202949130902554989.post146021610477781393..comments2024-01-04T05:04:16.447-05:00Comments on A Foodie Bibliophile in Wanderlust: Back 2 SchoolBeth S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06944635942712994937noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2202949130902554989.post-18993446262752329812009-09-14T12:38:09.509-04:002009-09-14T12:38:09.509-04:00I just wanted to let you know I thought of you rec...I just wanted to let you know I thought of you recently while listening to the Manic Mommies <a href="http://www.manicmommies.com/2009/09/podcast-stuff-our-listeners-love/" rel="nofollow">podcast.</a> The particular episode that I've linked to involved a segment where the hosts (Erin and Kristin) have a conversation with two of their listeners who just happen to both be teachers. One of the teachers is a long-time 5th grade teacher, and the other is a veteran teacher who is teaching 5th grade for the first time. One of the hosts had her son write in a journal during summer vacation -- just a couple sentences every day -- and he tended to complain about it. The veteran teacher than suggested several ways to encourage him to enjoy writing in his journal, and I pictured you with your students. The suggestions included talking about the events of the day into a recorder, listening to the recording and then choosing what to write about, as well as just writing, "I don't know what to write. I can't think of anything. But my teacher is standing here next to me, and I'm supposed to write." The sound quality on this particular podcast episode is not the greatest -- I think it had something to do with the technology they used to talk to their listeners -- but you might get a kick out the teacher discussion, which I think happens somewhere between the 45 and 50 minute mark.Larahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02654823972313942420noreply@blogger.com